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Our Breakfast Was Most Alarming

We’re having a little break from home
and had planned a busy day,
after a leisurely breakfast
we would soon be on our way.

We sauntered down to the restaurant
and were shown to a window table,
I fetched a bowl of blueberry yoghurt
whilst my hubby got a ham bagel

Before a morsel reached our mouths
the fire alarm began to ring,
we hurried to vacate the room
and we hadn’t eaten a darn thing!

A stream of hungry hotel guests
were ushered out of the door, 
my tummy started grumbling 
I could hear it gurgle and roar

We stood out in the freezing cold
thankfully there was no actual fire,
and we subsequently discovered
it was caused by a faulty hairdryer!

We crossed the road back to the hotel
and returned to find our original seat,
but hubby wasn’t starving hungry
on the way out he’d grabbed a sausage to eat!

5th April 2017

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CayCay Godwin November 13, 2017 at 6:49 AM Smart man! A cleverly written grinner, with rhyme and roll appeal. II enjoyed. love ... CayCay Jan Allison November 13, 2017 at 7:49 AM It's a true story apart from the ham bagel as hubby was actually having a croissant but it didn't rhyme lol CayCay :-) Thanks for reading some of my older poems, i forget about them once they disappear off the list and folks don't often go back and read poems that aren't so current:-) hugs jan xx

Lynn Marie April 9, 2017 at 4:22 PM Fantastic story Jan:) I hope he at least shared his sausage with you if he didn't think to grab one for you too..lol such a fun write and read:) lynnxxx Lynn Marie April 9, 2017 at 5:05 PM ...hubby owes you a full breakfast of your choice for this wee 'oops'..lol Jan Allison April 9, 2017 at 4:48 PM NO Lynn he didn't get a sausage for me he only told me he'd got one when we got back into the restaurant lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Roy Pett April 6, 2017 at 5:05 PM Brilliant Jan, just shows us men think on our feet, well done to your hubby, great poem as usual, Roy. :))) Jan Allison April 7, 2017 at 6:37 AM LOL Yes but I was gutted he didn't bring a sausage for me too lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Phillip Garcia April 6, 2017 at 2:50 PM I found no poo in this and therefore I say "boo". A good woman would have had the foresight to wrap her husband's bagel in a napkin and bring it for him. Just saying Jan Allison April 6, 2017 at 2:53 PM LOL Phillip - I can write the odd poem without poop being mentioned lol there was no bagel that was the only poetic licence I just wrote it to rhyme but the rest was 100% accurate:-) Thankfully there was no alarm at breakfast and now we are home

Tim Smith April 5, 2017 at 8:58 PM luckily a false alarm...tomorrow have a picnic. Jan Allison April 6, 2017 at 2:46 PM We had breakfast with no trouble today Tim and now i am back home:-) hugs Jan xx

Ilene Bauer April 5, 2017 at 8:19 PM a great poem from an upsetting experience! if anyone could find the humor in it, i'd bet money on you, jan... Jan Allison April 6, 2017 at 2:48 PM I have a feeling you would have written about it if it had happened to you Ilene:-) hugs Jan xx

Agnes Krampe April 5, 2017 at 7:21 PM That sounded like something that actually happened to you - and it did indeed, as I see from the comments below. Way to go, making it into a poem :) Jan Allison April 6, 2017 at 2:54 PM I try and find something funny in most things that happen in my life Agnes and if I get a poem out of it then that makes my day:-) hugs Jan xx

Connie Marcum Wong April 5, 2017 at 6:10 PM Hungry and kept in the cold to boot....not a great way to start the day! I enjoyed this expressionn of your little trial Jan. ; ) Jan Allison April 6, 2017 at 2:54 PM I try and find humour in whatever comes my way in life and this was an ideal opportunity to write about my morning:-) hugs jan xx

Barry Stebbings April 5, 2017 at 4:54 PM What an inconvenience, Jan. Only you could make a poem from it. I did once get chucked out of a hotel in Halifax (U.K.) at 2:00 am because of the fire alarm. // Barry Jan Allison April 6, 2017 at 2:55 PM I dread the thought of the alarm going off in the middle of the night - i would have to get dressed now way would I go out in my nightie lol:-) hugs jan xxx

Charlie Smith April 5, 2017 at 3:06 PM At least it wasn't 3:00am. Brought about some poetic inspiration, good one Jan... Jan Allison April 5, 2017 at 4:05 PM Oh gee I dread that happening as I would have to throw some clothes on - no way would I go out and freeze in my nightie:-( hugs jan xxx

Anne-Lise Andresen April 5, 2017 at 2:47 PM - A fun poem ... a terrible experience, Jan - I can see this picture clearly :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Jan Allison April 5, 2017 at 2:56 PM It could only happen to me Anne- Lise but at least I got a poem out of it lol and all's well that ends well and thankfully we were only delayed for about 15 minutes:-) hugs Jan xx

Chris Green April 5, 2017 at 1:37 PM Wow, what a crazy adventure but good on your husband, grabbing that sausage on the way out was brilliant. This was fun Jan and a happy ending, though it seems it could have very easily been the other way around. Jan Allison April 5, 2017 at 2:54 PM Well at least I got a poem out of the unexpected start to our day and thankfully we were only outside for a relatively short time and hubby was able to get me my fleece from the car before we had to go across the main road. I dread to think what it would be like if it was a real fire and the whole stunning Victorian building went up in smoke:-) When we got back inside one lady set fire to the toaster and you could see flames rising from the charred bread - I detest those hotel toasters you put the bread in once it come out pale and warm, put it in for another toasting and it cremates the bread on one side lol:-( hugs Jan xx

Lisa Ricci April 5, 2017 at 1:23 PM Hello Jan. This entry was so smooth and flowing. You told the moment in time effortlessly and vividly. We readers were all in the scene looking on. That is a credit to your writing skill and talent. I very much enjoyed the theme and play. I hope this was your creative poetic mind at work. Well done and executed in its entirety. Jan Allison April 5, 2017 at 1:28 PM The only poetic licence was about the bagel - the rest really happened at our hotel this morning!:-) hugs Jan xx

Darren White April 5, 2017 at 1:11 PM Did this really happen Jan? :s How annoying! So good sausages exist :D Jan Allison April 5, 2017 at 1:27 PM It happened this morning Darren!!! The alarm was triggered by a hairdrier in the beauty salon which had smoke pouring out of it when they were drying a client's hair! The only poetic licence was the bagel the rest is 100% true!:-) hugs Jan xx